September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 7m
English
Italy certainly has its share of important venues, but La Scala in Milan holds a special place in the hierarchy of opera houses as the auditorium that inspires both greatness and fear in the performers who dare to brave its stage. Many singers have triumphs at La Scala, and others leave the stage in anger and humiliation, never to return.

The controversy stems from an institution known as the “loggione”—the upper galleries where inexpensive seats are located, or more specifically, ...
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